JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas State turned a close game at halftime into a 76-45 pasting of ULM here on Monday night in Sun Belt Conference basketball.

Arkansas State (11-4, 2-0 Sun Belt) held a 32-26 lead at the half. But the Red Wolves scored the first eight points of the second half to take a 14-point lead at 40-26.

Arkansas State continued to build on the lead over the final 20 minutes. The Red Wolves stretched the lead to 20 points with 7:27 remaining in the game at 64-44. Another 10 unanswered points from Arkansas State pushed the lead to 30 points at 74-44.

ULM (6-9, 0-2) managed only 19 points in the second half.

Perhaps the biggest reason for ULM’s downfall was the Warhawks’ cold shooting.

ULM made only 32 percent of its field goal attempts. The Warhawks also struggled behind the 3-point line (19 percent) and even the free-throw line (42 percent).

The Warhawks were led by Travis Munnings with 19 points. He was the only ULM player to score in double figures.

Arkansas State shot the ball better. The Red Wolves made 46 percent of their shots from the floor and 35 percent behind the 3-point line. Arkansas State managed to make 65 percent of its free throws.